Percentages + time - practice problems
Number of problems found: 299
- A population
A population of fish starts at 8,000 and decreases by 6% per year. Use an exponential function to find the population of fish in 10 years. - Using 4
Using the law of cosines, find the measurement of leg b if the givens are B=20°, a=10, and c=15. - Value of the note
A 10-month promissory note issued on March 21, 2021, bearing interest of 7.2% p.a., has a maturity value of $4128.02. Find the face value of the note. - Compound interest
Joel borrowed $3208.5 on November 2, 2021, at 3.6% p.a. How many days would it take for him to repay the loan if he made a payment of $ 3,720.34? Round up to the nearest day.
- The sum 41
The sum of 640.00 was deposited in the first bank for five years, and the interest given was 160.00. Find the rate. - Exp decay
An element with a mass of 780 grams decays by 16.3% per minute. How much of the element is remaining after 16 minutes, to the nearest 10th of a gram? - A tip
Determine a 20% tip for a dinner that costs $65.00. - The balance 2
If your balance at the end of 4 years is 50000, at a 5% interest rate, What was your original investment? - Years 3
How long will it take for a given sum of money to triple itself at 20% annual compound interest?
- Glue strength
At 40°C, it takes 3 hrs to get 125% glue strength. How long does it take to get 100% at 50 ˚C? The higher the temperature, the faster it cures the glue. - Joy deposited
Joy deposited the sum of 50,000 in her bank account. After 5 months, she made another deposit of 125,000 and 6 months a lap before the withdrawal of 12,000 nairas. If the interest rate is 5% per annual, calculate how much she should have in her account. - Eva 46
Eva works as a sales clerk. She is paid a salary of 3000 a week plus a 2% commission on sales over 4000. Find her gross pay for a week in which her sales are 9500. - General right triangle
In a right triangle, if a =x+34 and b = x and c= 50, then solve for x. Side c is a hypotenuse. Then discuss the case when a or b is a hypotenuse. - Bank deposits
At the end of each quarter, Patti deposits $1,400 into an account that pays 10% interest compounded quarterly. How much will Patti have in the account in three years? Note: Use tables, Excel, or a financial calculator round your final answer to the neares
- False positive, false negative
Suppose the likelihood of someone being allergic to cats is 1/1000 of the general population. A test to determine if you're allergic to cats has a false positive rate of 5%; that is, 5% of the time, the test will indicate incorrectly that you are allergic - Two sides 2
Two sides of a triangle are 12 and 15, and the perimeter is 40. Find the other side. - A company 2
A company invests 51000. After 4 years of growth at the same rate each year, the investment is worth 68920. Find the annual growth rate as a percentage. - Titanic
Titanic and Star Wars have made the most money at the box office. Star Wars made about 76.7% of the money that Titanic made at the box office. If Star Wars made about $461 million, how much did Titanic make? Round to the nearest million dollars. - Simple interest 5
At what simple interest rate should Renel invest his P45,000 so that it earns P5,500 in 1 year and 5 months?
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